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we will look at brazil's growing protest movement. nationsof the world's are in ireland, the official focus of the g8 summit is on boosting the global economy, but the war in syria is dominating diplomacy ahead of the meeting. our diplomatic editor says divisions are growing between russia and other members of the group are good -- group. >> i think there is some trust between two people, the foreign ministers john kerry, the u.s. secretary of state, and the russian foreign minister sergey lever of. when you go wider and the two administrations, there is not much trust. on the american side, they believe that russia is seriously supporting assad's ongoing onslaught which saw the fall of

qusayr. i think that is one of the factors, that seriously worried the obama administration. are the russians really serious? or are they just talking about going to geneva and in the meantime trying to win the battle on the ground, giving assad a lot of assistance? the russians make the point that we have the assad regime to go to geneva. or at least they say they will go to geneva, while the americans -- their job was to bring the opposition to the negotiating table. they have not achieved that. the opposition has not signed on because they are so divided and because they're so worried about the violence on the ground. >> we are getting reports of a car bomb that exploded at a roadblock near a military airport outside of damascus. these pictures are said to show the aftermath of the explosion. it is believed to have killed or injured members of president assad's forces. there has been a fierce battle going on for aleppo. rebels have more than half the

city under their control, but pro-assad forces have launched a new offensive. >> the worst fighting in syria over the last 24 hours. the syrian army raided many locations around the city using heavy artillery. fighting was also in the factory outside the city. it was the syrian army's largest military base in the area. it is strategically located at the eastern side of the city. it is a key supply line. the rebels have been tried to capture the base for several months. >> after the first attempt for months ago to attack the military pound pound, and also after the second attempt 10 days ago, we have courted -- we have coordinated with other groups. we have managed to liberate this

compound after great efforts. syrian army left behind a large amount of ammunition and weapons including tanks. it's defeat is the beginning of a new attempt by the rebels to reverse their recent loss to the syrian army in the city of qusayr. >> the battle is going on now to get control of the areas. we are now inside one of the areas near the military compound. we are also attacking another two camps to pave the way for reaching the center of aleppo. elsewhere in the aleppo, the fighting is now about more than just a final victory. it is for control over the very source of life, water. the rebels are here trying to maintain their positions inside the main water stations that supply aleppo. they say the syrian army has cut water to the city several times. we will never let them come here again because if they cut

water again, the entire city of aleppo will go down. exchange ofand fire rarely stop here. the rebels are using mirrors like this on to keep an eye on the army's movement. they know that the government has air superiority and that the battle for aleppo itself is far from over. turkish unions have called a one-day nationwide strike in response to the police crackdown on antigovernment menstruation's. istanbul -- demonstrations. protesters are still receiving -- refusing to leave the park. police fired tear gas at protesters as they try to reenter the part. this is where the unrest began two weeks ago. at least three people have been killed in floods in india. worst-hit was the northern part of the country. over 300 millimeters -- millimeters of rain lashed the region over a day. in mumbai, streets became

torrents after downpours flooded whole neighborhoods. onenesians may have to pay third more for fuel. the government is trying to save dollars bylion reducing petrol subsidies. a key budget committee has backed the measures that will go before parliament in a few hours. we have the details. has alwayse of fuel drawn large crowds prettier and -- crowds. hundreds of people are in jakarta to call on the government to increase fuel somewhere in the vicinity of 40%. they say the people on the streets today and those across , that fuel hikes are unsustainable, that millions are already suffering and unable to do with the cost of living. the government says that the rises at the right time. it is now time to bring fuel prices up to the market rates.

people here, whether it is young whoents or food inventors, rely on fuel and related products to do business, they say it will make life worse. this issue is picking the government against the masses and political parties within parliament, but they say they are prepared to fight the fight on both sides and get a deal done. >> iran is still coming to terms with hassan rowhani's overwhelming electoral victory. he is due to speak in the next hour or so. we are joined live from tehran. before we talk about what is likely to be said, tell us about what the plan is today. >> this will be hassan rowhani 's first official press conference as the president elect of iran. to take office in about a month and a half. it is his first official press conference. he should be answering questions from the press.

result still needs to be officially verified by the guardian council. at least those results in a statement from the guardian council needs to be released. one would imagine that hassan rowhani to not be holding press conference if he did not note that that would -- that that was going to happen. as i said, hassan rowhani is about to give his first official press conference and he is not taking offense for another off -- month and half. >> what do you think his supporters want to hear from him? an iranian election. iranians would want to hear about things that affect them and relate to them. specifically domestic issues regarding how he is great to tackle this presidency, how he intends to start work. he has already discussed the economy. oft is at the forefront

every iranians mind. how he is going to tackle the at -- the economy. they are hoping he will elaborate more on that. he talked about his administration being one of moderation, rejecting extremism. that has gone done very well with his supporters. he will also be asked questions by journalist. he could be asked about nuclear talks, comments from the white house regarding direct talks with iran over this nuclear program, the lifting of sanctions and international issues which do relate to the domestic situation. >> tell us what you are hearing about the outgoing president mahmoud ahmadinejad. he has been called to face court in november. what is that about? , he has that one month and a half left of his presidency. still mahmoud ahmadinejad is surrounded by controversy. it seems the speaker of mp'sament and several

have filed an official complaint with the judiciary. it is interesting to note that the speaker of parliament's -- the speakers rather is the head of the judiciary. the judiciary has summoned mahmoud ahmadinejad to come to court on november 26 regarding these complaints. the nature of the complaints are unknown at this stage. it could be from a wide range of things. hisnted and shot -- conduct in parliament, that was a complaint from the speaker. of speaker has accused him subverting parliament, passing laws and introducing them. he has some policies without the approval of parliament, according to many mp's, is illegal. there is also the issue of mahmoud ahmadinejad accusing the brothers of corruption. the list of why he could be facing court or will be facing court in about six months time is a very long one. as soonll come back to

as possible ronnie speaks lies. -- hassan rowhani speaks lies. >> united states will appoint a lawyer to oversee the closure of the guantánamo bay detention camp. more than 100 prisoners in the camp are on hunger strike in protest of the united states' failure to resolve their fate. foreign forces in afghanistan were officially to hand over the last of all combat roles to the afghan forces on tuesday. any women fear the rights they have enjoyed for the past decade could be reversed once they leave. they are also scared that the taliban could reassert its authority. jane ferguson reports from kabul. >> this may not look like a dangerous job, but this pewter -- but this beauty parlor and couple -- in kabul --

when taliban fighters arrived in 1996, they came straight for women like her. >> i had to do the makeup of five brides that day. they smashed the windows. they told me to close the shop. >> the strict rule of the taliban made women cover entirely. beauty parlors were for -- forbidden. i used to come out in a burqa, and i wore makeup secretly. customers came secretly. >> after the taliban was pushed out of power by foreign forces in 2001, many beauty parlors reopened for business. the past 12 years have been good. those foreign forces are now packing up, and she is nervous about what will happen. across the road, another parlor is doing good business. for women, beauty parlors are about more than getting dolled

up. many of these businesses are owned and worked in by women, tipping them a degree of economic freedom they never had under taliban rule. every woman i've spoken to today says she is worried that those freedoms could be taken away in the coming year. >> here customers and staff alike say they fear the modest gains made for women will be lost. during the taliban rule, women were in their houses all the time. no women interacted with other people and they had nothing. now that the women's situation is good, they fear being caged in their houses, made it wear the burqa, and be the dems. the appalling treatment of women under the taliban was highlighted constantly under the invasion. >> the taliban was never defeated. women wait to see their new lives will last. -- to see if their new lives will last. >> we will have the latest on the blind chinese activist who said asher from beijing --

pressure from beijing. justin rose becomes the first englishman to win the u.s. open since 1970. on al jazeera, leaders of the world's wealthiest countries are gathering for the g-8 summit in northern ireland. the talks are officially set to focus on the global economy, but syria's dominating the agenda ahead of the meeting. a car bomb has exploded at a roadblock near a military airport outside of damascus in syria. the remembers of president assad's forces are reported to have been killed. indonesians may soon have to pay one third more for their fuel. the government is trying to save up to $4 billion by reducing petrol subsidies. the british newspaper "the guardian loews quite has provided a talking point. it is reported that the uk spied on foreign politicians during the g-20 summit in london in two thousand nine. the front-page article says

agents set up fake internet cafés to intercept e-mails, and british intelligence analysts were supplied with alive summary of telephone calls great all the documents were presented to the newspaper by the former cia contractor edward snowden. close to where the g-8 summit is being sub -- where the g-8 summit is. are people spooked by this? >> i do not think it is necessarily top of the priority list for local people around here. they're more concerned about the numbers of police. there were three tents in the field over there for protesters. there are now 7/10. that is 1000 -- 7/10. they are quite cross about the sheer security operation. it seems a very embarrassing as an incident. right at the start of this g-8 summit, to have a story in "the

guardian," given to them by this cia whistleblower. here you have an allegation they were spying on the south fakeans and turks and internet cafés. the repercussion for the g-8 is the idea that the nsa, the american national security agency, was spying or listening into the suppose it to phone calls of then russian president dmitry medvedev. then they were passed on to the british equivalents -- equivalent of the nsa. the security agency in moscow has tried to put a damper on it and say, we are happy with the security arrangements and the confidentiality of our leaders phone calls at the g-8, but the man at the head of the russian parliament international affairs , "it ise has tweeted,,

a scandal." the u.s. denies it, but we cannot trust them. it is a total lie. a situation where the russians have this on more -- enormous amount of entity -- and took a peek -- antipathy. this is what nobody wanted from the british side in terms of trying to thaw that relationship. does it matter in the big scheme of things? i think probably everybody accepts that spying goes on. the british would see this article as most unhelpful. as you say, i'm sure nobody is surprised. think you for that. -- thank you for that. the former south african leader has been in a pretoria hospital for more than one week because of a recurring lung infection. for love and

generosity across south africa. nelson mandela is said to be in serious condition but improving grid the south african government is considering sweeping measures to try to reduce alcohol abuse. especially drinking too much too quickly. the measures include raising the legal drinking age from 18 to 21. we look at the binge drinking problem. >> she drank heavily during her three pregnancies. now all of her children have fetal alcohol syndrome. they have difficulties learning. they are smaller than other children. they're hard to control. there's no treatment for it. her family is not unusual in the western cape which has the highest rate of fetal alcohol syndrome in south africa. so the highest rates in the world -- some of the highest rates in the world. >> i was very wild. that is why i used to drink like that and i had children -- i had problems with the children's father. the farmys part of

working community which tends to the vineyards, the backbone of a vibrant wine industry, but it is also to blame for making alcohol a part of the culture on farms. under apartheid, farmers use to pay their workers with wine. those days may be over, but it has left a legacy of alcohol abuse. binge drinking is not only a problem on farms. alcohol fuels most of the crime where police regularly raided the homes of people selling it illegally. the world health organization says south africa has one of the highest rates of alcohol consumption in the world. south africa's government is considering raising the drinking age to 21 and banning advertising. >> it is not a silver bullet. the other problem is that we've got great policies on a number of fronts. however, we sometimes fall short

on enforcement. >> women on farms are try to educate people about the dangers of injured drinking. she learned the hard way after having a son with fetal also -- syndrome. it makes me very sad. it is my fault he is this way. with binge drinking so entrenched, it may take more than a few new laws to bring about change. al jazeera, south africa. >> a chinese activist has accused beijing of up -- of pressing new york university to end his studies. the u.s. asylum at embassy in beijing last year. it triggered a mini crisis between china and america. the blind activist was later allowed to and study in the united states. down anyea has played possibility of renewing any dialogue between the united states and north korea.

or are no signs of movement on reopening the industrial park. on sunday, north korea proposed nuclear and security talks with america in an attempt to ease tensions on the korean peninsula. the white house has previously said any talks would require north korea to show it is moving towards scrapping nuclear weapons. >> i think it is almost impossible to have talks between north korea and the united states. and the u.s. are closely exchanging views. i think people do not have to worry about it. >> the czech republic prime minister has quit over a corruption scandal. pressure was building for him to stand down after a close aide was related earlier this week in bribe operations and surveillance operations. ecuador's foreign minister is expected to meet for talks with his british counterpart in london. up for discussion is a possible

solution to the diplomatic standoff over the wikileaks founder julianne assad schmidt he has been holed up inside the ecuadorian embassy in london for nearly one year. strained relations between the two countries. has beentuation difficult. [indiscernible] >> of violent demonstrations are being staged across brazil where riot police are using tear grass after gas to break up clots. protests are about rising transport costs and the millions being spent on hosting global sporting events like the confederation cup which kicks off this week. we report from rio de janeiro. >> teargas and more tear gas. of theof smoke in front

stadium before the kick off between mexico and italy. it had become peacefully with about 1000 protesters moving towards the stadium, demanding that the government spend more money on health and education rather than sporting events. the latest in a series of demonstrations sweeping the country in recent weeks. the objective of our protest is against bad public management of brazil. >> spending on the world cup is absurd when we have bad infrastructure nationwide. there is no investment in education or health. protests started over two weeks ago in são paulo with people calling for a lowering of the bus fare, which is just been increased. now these protests are spreading all over brazil and into some confederation cup host cities. >> demonstrators chanted, no violence, we need to change brazil.

with tensions rising, police opened fire. teargas lead to more than two hours of street battles with some football fans caught up in the scuffle. >> the same kind of violence we see in turkey these days. you take public space, you give it to private people. and people peacefully demand the rights, they get sprayed in the face. >> police say they were enforcing a security zone around the stadium as part of the for regulations for all matches. -- fifa regulations for all matches. bystanders at a nearby station caught up in the chaos with some overcome from the teargas. others reacted with fury. >> rio de janeiro is living in an undeclared civil war. this is the truth. prepared for the world cup or olympics, the security forces would not be necessary in the streets. none of this would be necessary.

they treat people like we are callous. -- are cows. >> protesters expect tens of thousands of people to take to the streets on monday. seems like this seemingly indicating that brazil is now living in an era of discontent. al jazeera, rio de janeiro. >> the english golfer justin rose has won the u.s. open championship in pennsylvania. he finished two shots ahead of the american film that this and --phil mickelson. he is the first enlistment to win the tournament in 43 years. lifting the trophy, he dedicated the victory to his late father. withaying his final round only one target in mind. england's justin rose took an early share of the read -- lead

and around that would eventually give him the trophy. 'st players like australian jason date were in the hunt. this longshot on the tentpole gave american favorite phil mickelson an eagle and put him back in contention. having finished as runner-up five times before, he was determined to do better than that on his 43rd birthday. rose was on top form and birdie thad at the 13th. as he reached the par 4/18, he knew the others were starting to fall away. this putt gave him the lead. it meant a tense race to see if anybody could catch them. eventually only one rival was left. phil mickelson. he had to get this chip off the 18th green to force a playoff. when he failed, rose knew he was champion.

the first englishman to win the title for 43 years. after picking up the trophy, he dedicated the win to his late father, on father's day. >> the look up to the heavens was for my father could father's day was not lost on me today. you do not often have an opportunity to dedicate the wind to somebody you love good -- love. >> this wind is rose's first major title. it may not be his last. al jazeera.